THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. VETERANS AND LOCAL LAWMAKERS ARE JOINING FORCES TO KEEP THE VETERANS MEDICAL CLINIC IN ORLANDO FROM CLOSING ICE ITS DOORS. IT'S NEAR THE OLD NAVY BASE BUT COULD BE SHUTTERED AS THE NEW MEDICAL CENTER COMES ONLINE. GREG FOX IS LIVE AT THE CLINIC. I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS MAY BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THE CLINIC DIDN'T CLOSE YEARS AGO. IT'S EASY TO FOREGET. IN THE 90S WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO CLOSE DOWN THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AND THEN IN THE 90S YOU SAW THIS GIGANTIC COMMUNITY CALLED BALDWIN PARK SPROUTING UP, UP, SOME OF THE BUILDINGS REMAINED BEHIND. OF COURSE YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT INCLUDE THE ASSISTED CARE LIVING FACILITY HERE IN THE FRONT AND IN THE BACK THE ACTUAL HOSPITAL AND OUTPATIENT FACILITY THAT WAS FOR THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER AND NOW FOR THE V.A. MEDICAL CENTER CLINIC. NOW PEOPLE WE TALK WITH WHO ARE VETERANS SAY IT'S GOT TO STAY OPEN. IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER THE V.A. CLINIC FORMERLY THE ORLANDO NAVAL TRAINING CENTER HOSPITAL HAS BEEN SERVING LOCAL VETS SINCE, I MEAN, 68. IT IS A 1960, 1970 FACILITY BUT THE WAY WE'VE SET IT UP PROVIDES VERY GOOD CARE. BUT THE CLINIC'S DAYS MAY BE NUMBER WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW VETERANS MEDICAL CENTER IN LAKE NONA. ALREADY THE 120 NURSING BEDS AND 60 BEDS FOR HOMELESS BEDS ARE OPEN AND HAVE ABSORBED MOST VETERANS BEING CARED FOR AT THE CLINIC. UNFORTUNATELY THESE VALUABLE VETERANS ASSETS REMAIN EMPTY. JOHN MICA AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE LEADING A NON-PARTISAN EFFORT TO KEEP THE CLINIC OPEN CITING RECENT STUDIES THAT SHOW THE V.A. UNDER ESTIMATED THE BEDS AND HOSPITAL SPACE NEEDED FOR THE GROWING POPULATION OF BEDS NEEDING NOT ONLY LONG-TERM CARE BUT MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT. WITH OUR AGING POPULATION THAT WE WILL NEED EVERY ONE OF THE BEDS HERE BOTH FOR NURSING CARE, ALSO FOR DOM ASILLRY CARE. VETERANS WHO USE THE CLINIC NOW TELL US IT'S CONVENIENT, CLEAN AND WELL RUN. AND THEY WANT IT TO STAY. WELL SOME ARE ACCLIMATED TO COMING HERE BECAUSE THEY CAN CATCH THE BUS. AND SOME CAN'T GET THEY'LL WAY OUT TO THE NEW HOSPITAL. ARE THEY GOING HAVE A BUS GOING OUT THERE OR NOT? SO YOU WANT TO KEEP THIS OPEN? I REALLY DO. TIMING IS CRITICAL AT THIS POINT. MICA SAYS THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS CLINIC IS GOING HAVE TO BE MADE BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THE NEW BUDGET YEAR BEGINS. CONGRESS IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW AND THAT'S WHY HE AND OTHER LOCAL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE V.A. AND SAY IF YOU WANT THE CLINIC TO STAY, YOU WANT IT TO STAY. YOU'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE